Railway-car.



W. E. FOWLER, Sn.

RAILWAY CAR. Arnie/mow FILED NOV. [6. 1914.

1,157,304. Patented 0ct.19,1915.

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W. E. FOWLER, SR-

RAILWAY CAR. v APPLICATION FILED NOV. I6. 1914.

1,157,304 Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

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COMPANY,'OF CHICAGO,- ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

dent of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of IlllIlOlS, and useful Improvements have invented, certain new in Railway-Cars,

' of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway cars and has particular reference to a novel means i mediate de'ckjby means 0 v the line 22 installed quickly and cheaply,

for providing an intermediate deck in a freight car. I 11L .is 0mm n pr tice to p o a Inter- V f'which'an'additional load of bulky material may be carried by a single car. For instance, in the trans portation of automobiles from the plant of manufacture it is common to load the chassis on the main floor of the car, then to provide a deck upon which the'bodies and miscellaneous parts are loaded. Thls result is commonly "secured by nailing stringers to the sides of the car, then laying 'a floor on such stringers. However, this results In damage to the car sides, is inconvenient and costly, and does not provide for the general utilization of such means.

An object of my invention is to provide means whereby an intermediate deck may be and which may readily be dismantled without damage to the cars sides. The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, 7 wherein Figure l is an elevation partlyin section of a railway box car having my improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a section on fragmentary elevation of the specific means contemplated hereby; Fig. 4 is a section on 3; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 except in that the method of laying the floor is somewhat modified.

Referring more particularly to the drawings it will be seen that a car to which my invention may be" applied may include a floor 10, side walls 11, and roof 12. 'The ends may consist of doors 13, or may be of the usual solid construction. Preferably the construction is applied to a car of the Fow if edge on edge and running longitudinally ofv the car.

of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is'an enlarged RAILWAY-can.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

- Application filed November 16, 1914. Serial No. 872,345.

v Within the side walls 11 are mounted pockets 14, preferably in the form of castings, the inner face of which is'located sub- 7 stantially flush with the inner face of the car side. A portion'of the pocket projects outside of the plane of the wall a distance substantially equal tothe projection of the metal posts on the outside of the wall. These pockets may be suitably bolted or riveted to the wall. A trunnion or pivot 15 is carried by the'pocket, this pivot extending longitudinally of the car and carrying a bracket 16. The bracket is provided with an elongated aperture through which the pivot pin extends, this being provided to facilitate the swinging of the bracket. The bracket is provided with a downwardly-extending foot 17, which, in the operative p0- sitlon of the bracket, lies against a lower flange of the-pocket and provides a rigid support for a stringer 18 which may be located thereon. It will be seen therefore that as inasmuch as the bracket has a horizontal portion which lies on the wall and a vertical portion which lies against the wall, the carrying capacity of the bracket is independent of the pivot thereof. The bracket, in effect, hooks onto the wall, but is so constructed as to fold into the pocket and out of the plane of the inside of the wall when necessary. A horizontal portion 19 of the bracket is apertured to accommodate a bolt 20 passing through the bracket and the stringer 18; thus the wooden member is secured without the necessity of nailing the same to the side of the car. A floor 21 may be located on the stringer, as shown in Figs. 8 and 1.

When the deck is to be taken out the stringers and fioor are removed and I the brackets 16 may then be swung backward into the pockets assuming the position of the dotted lines 1n Fig. L' In that position the brackets are out of the way and can not acci- "dently swing into the interior of the car. .The elongated plvot' pin opening in the the pocket.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5 the pocket and bracket are the same but the sup- I of the bracket and held in place'by means porting members 22 corresponding to the as described. v I

2; In a railway car, the combination of a 1 r of a bolt In that construction-the floor 25 may extend longitudinallyxofthe car in- 1 Obviously'the constru'etion is capable of considerable modification, and such modifi cations as are Within the scope of'my claims" I consider Within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

,1, a railway car, the: combination of Walls,- brackets pivoted in said Walls, each of saidbrackets being composed of an angular membe'rjprovided Witha horizontal and a vertical portion, said horizontal, and verti: cal portions, lying upon and against the Wall respectively and susta'ining'a load independentof the pivot therefor, substantially vvallhavingan opening therein, a bracket of this patent may be obtained for five' cents each, by addressing" Commissioner effjatents,i

bracket independent 'tially as described 7 l '3. In ar'ailvvayban'the combination ofa Wall having an opening, a metal pocketlfset mountedifor pivotal movement in open j; i

ing Said bracket having; h z a p01; a tion'adapted' to restupon th fl of Said.

opening, and a-vertical portion adapted to --lieagainst the Wall adjacent to said open- =ing whereby a load is sustained by'said of the pivot,2 substansaid-pocket, .the pivotal connection permitting limited bodily movementof the bracket,

pocket, substantially e described:

Witnesses: v i

C. F. MURRAY, T. D. BU'rL washingtomLC, i

WILLIAM E.- OWLER, v 3 

